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SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1919
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Tiro rwri* te Gre?t?r ?w Tork and I THREE CENTS
xwo OKNTB j ?rfthlii oommutln? distance / Elsewhere
Senate Unanimously Demands Treaty Text,
Asks Ireland's Cause Be Heard at Paris;
Dead Bomber Identified as Italian Red
Police Close i
To Bomb Plot I
Perpetrators j
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important Arrests Are
Imminent on Evidence:
Found Here Following
Clew From Washington
Two Russians
Held in Detroit
Suspects Are Arrested
Upon the Request of
the Geveland Police
The anarchist who planted the bomb I
/In front of the Washington residence j
cf Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer j
?n Monday night, and was blown to
pieces by the explosion, has been iden?
tified by the authorities. He was an
-Italian and was associated with the
leaders of one of the most dangerous
Italian radical groups in the country.
This information was given to a
Tribune reporter last night by an
official who has been working on the
case. How the identification was made
could not be ascertained, but it was
intimated that enough pieces of the
man's face and head were recovered to
make the identification positive. All
the parts of the head and face picked
up in the vicinity of the wrecked
Palmer home were turned over to an
anatomist, wh*4>ieced them together.
The bomber, whose name is known
but witWaeld, has lonz been associated
wKli" Spanish and Italian anarchists
wh? have made their headquarters in
th* East. The authorities are now
working on the theory that the leaders
of this band planned and put into exe?
cution the outrages of Monday night.
Arrests Are Expected
\. no arrests were reported in
New up to an early hour this
morning, t is known that the govern?
ment ope itives and police are working
along lines that will lead to the arrest
of-those responsible for the planting of
the bombs. The i.uthorities have not
revealed where this suspected band
made its headquarters, nor were they
willing to d.scuss the identification of
the Washington bomber.
It was learned last night the New |
York police are searching for a member :
of the I. W. W., who came here from ;
the West some time ago. This man is |
known to the police of the country as ?
a dangerous dynamiter who was a |
trusted lieutenant of "Big Bill" Hay- ;
wood, the leader of the I. W. W., who j
t? now serving a term in Leavenworth j
prison. He came to New York about
two weeks ago, according to the in- |
formation of the police, but they have |
been unable to check up his movements !
after he arrived here.
Hunt Centres in Philadelphia
The hunt for the perpetrators of the
outrages will be centred in Philadel?
phia. This information was made pub
he by the police here in connection
with the arrival in New York yes?
terday of William J. Flynn, head of
the new bureau of the Department of
Justice which is about to inaugurate a
Campaign of unprecedented scope
?gainst all direct-action radicals.
Mr. Flynn, it was stated, will make
flU headquarters in the Philadelphia
redera! Building. He will travel much
of the time, keeping in touch, however,
with the cities in which explosions
occurred.
Word was received here last night
of the arrest in Detroit of two men
who are suspected of placing the bomb
under the home of Mayor Davis of
Cleveland. They are said to have had
plan? of Mayor Davis'? house in their
poisension, and a letter to one of them
is reported to have congratulated him
on his "good work of June 2," the date
"f the bomb explosions.
Particular efforts are being made to
>&n the whereabouts of a woman
?jno-wn as "Dynamite Louise" Berger.
The fact that two women were seen on
*?? stoop of Judge Nott's home on
mty-firtt Street up to within a few
Minute? of the explosion has led the
P*!'.c? to believe that this particular
v"'man. mixed up in other dynamiting,
wnW throw ?orne light on the affair.
.. *Jn<itr orders from the Department
<>" lu?tice, a? outgoing steamers are
?*?ng closely scrutinized and the police
Continued r/n, page three
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"Treaty Meets My 14
Points," Asserts Wilson \
T>ARIS, June 6.?"I am convinced I
that our treaty project violates |
none of my principles," President
Wilson is quoted by the "Matin" as
having said when he was made ac?
quainted with the German counter
proposals to the peace treaty.
"If I held a contrary opinion I
would not hesitated to confess it, and
would endeavor to correct the error.
The treaty as drawn up, however, en?
tirely conforms with my fourteen
points."
Arrest Involves
$25,000 Bribe
On Income Tax
Jay A. Weber, of Pictorial '.
Review Company, Is Ac- i
cused of Seeking to Buy
Off U. S. Accountant
Jay A. Weber, secretary to W. P.
Ahnelt, president of the Pictorial Re?
view Company, which publishes a num?
ber of magazines, was taken in custody
at the McAlpin Hotel yesterday by Fed?
eral agents and arraigned before United
States Commissioner Hitchcock on a
complaint charging him with attempt?
ing to bribe a Federal official.
It is alleged that Weber promised
$25,000 to N. W. Cropper, an Internal
Revenue agent, if Gropper would cer?
tify to the correctness of the income
tax return of the Pictorial Review
Company for the year li? 18- According
to Gropper and other Federal opera?
tives, Weber called at the McAlpin yes?
terday and paid the first instalment
of the promised money.
Benjamin De Witt, Assistant United
States Attorney, who has charge of
the prosecution, asked Commissioner
Hitchcock to hold the prisoner in $100,
000 bail, asserting that the bribe was
arranged so as to enable, the Pictorial
Review Company to evade* payment op
income taxes aggregating more than j
$600,000. This Commissioner Hitch
cock declined to do. He fixed bail at !
$50,000, and set the examination for ;
June 13. Surety was furnished last j
night and Weber was released.
Company's Books Seized
After the arrest of Weber the Fed- j
erai authorities seized the books and j
records of the Pictorial Review Com- I
pany for the purpose of making a thor- j
ough examination to determine the j
exact taxable income of the concern
and comparing it with the return.; filed :
for several years back.
According to the Federal authorities,
Gropper was assigned several weeks |
ago to verify the income tax return I
filed by the Pictorial Review Company, j
While thus engaged, they say, he was ]
approached by Weber, who offered him
$25,000 to certify to the correctness
of the returns made by the company, j
The Federal agent, they assert, con- j
veyed the impression that he might !
consider the matter and immediately
informed his superiors of the offer.
Acting under their instructions he
kept an appointment with Weber yes?
terday afternoon at the McAlpin, ;
where, they say, $5,000 was passed over ]
to him. The passing of the money, it
is asserted, was witnessed by Interna! j
Revenue Agents ,H. B. Stokes, \V. I). (
Allen and J. M. Grossman.
Immediately after the money is
alleged to have been passed Weber was ;
apprehended and taken to the Custom
House.
Ahnelt Denies Charges
William P. Ahnelt, president of the
Pictorial Review Company, issued the
following statement last night:
"I have talked with Mr. Weber since,
the proceedings of this afternoon and
I am convinced that he is absolutely
innocent of the charge made again;;t
him.
"It is a fact that for about three
weeks two agents of the Internal Reve?
nue Department have been examining
the books and accounts of the Pictorial
Review Company, a course which I
understand is followed as to all busi?
ness houses which are liable to Fed?
eral taxes.
"These agents were given full access
to all of the company's records with?
out the slightest reservation. The only
criticicms made by them were?as I
am informed?as to one or two tech?
nical matters presenting legal ques?
tions. The company had acted as to
these matters under the advice of coun?
sel in preparing its report, and its
books show fully the complete trans?
actions, I have no doubt but that in
these particulars, as in all others, the
correctness of the company's i ?turns
will be sustained. In any event, they
could not give rise to any legitimate
claim of fraud or misdoing of any
kind.
"It is needless for me to say that no
officer of "The Pictorial Review" com?
pany has at any time or in any way,
shape or manner, been party to any
attempt to influence improperly any
official of the government."
It was intimated last night that the
Federal authorities intend to start the
prosecution of a number of prominent.
persons and officials of big corpora?
tions who have sought to evade the
payment o? income taxes. I
Nation-Wide
Wire Strike
Decided On
_ i
Head of Telegraphers'
Union Will Issue Walk
out Order To-day, but!
Date Is Not Fixed!
Scope of Tie-Up
Not Determined!
Action is Part of Move to !
Support Men of the !
Southwestern States!
WASHINGTON. June 6- Provident
S. J. Konenkamp, of the Commercial
Telegraphers' Union of America an
nounced to-night that he would call a '
nation-wide strike of members of the
!
enion upon reaching Chicago to-mor- i
row. He said neither the date of the ;
proposed walk-out nor whether it would !
affect both the Postal Telegraph-Cable '.
Company and the Western l'nion Tele- !
graph and Cable Company had been ;
derided.
The strike, President Konrnkamp
said, would be called in support of
union employes of the "Western Union ;
Company in ten southeastern states,
who werp requested by him i o leave
their work last night following the re?
turn, by order of Postmaster General I
Burleson, of the w^it- systems of the
country to priva/te operation.
Po.itoffice Department officiais ex?
pressed the belief that the strike, if
called, would no* seriously afTect com
Cnntiniicd o? page four
"Sign" ?s Erzher ger9 s
Advice to Germany
COPENHAGEN, June 6.?Mathias
^ Erzberger, head of the German
Armistice Commission, according to
the. "Deutches Tageszeitung," of Ber?
lin, is preparing a memorandum
which, after discussing the peace
terms in all their aspects, advocates ?
signing the treaty.
Bavarian "Red"
Leader Executed
Le vine JSissen Put to
Death on Charge That
He Incited Rebellion
MUNICH, June 6 I By The Associated .
Press?. Levin? Nissen, the Bolshevik
agitator who was one of ?he leaders of
the Munich Communist Soviet repjrne.
was executed at noon Thursday at
Stadelheim, outside the capital. He
was convicted yesterday and the Ba?
varian Cabinet refused to commute his
sentence, maintaining he was the cause ?
of the c.vil war in Bavaria and de- !
served no mercy.
LONDON, .lune 6. The execution in
Munich of Levine Nissen is resulting in
unrest throughout Germany, an Ex?
change Telegraph dispatch from Copen?
hagen says. The Majority Socialists
are joining a strike movement begun
by the So'diers' and Workers' Council
and executive committees of the greater
Berlin factories. which protested
against the sentence, of the Bavarian
Communist.
Strikes have taken place in Nurem- !
berg and Munich. A strike at Leipsic
has resulted in street fighting. The |
German government, it is added, is I
making military preparations in Berlin.
an4 elsewhere.
It. seem.- probable that Levin? Nis?
sen, named above, is identical with' the
Bolshevik leader, Levien, who has fig?
ured so prominently in the press dis?
patches in connection with the Munich
Soviet r?gime.
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? SympatliyExpressed
I for Gaelic Race's
Fight for Freedom
by Vote of 60 to 1
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Lodge Assails
! World League
Monroe Doctrine
Has No Place in
Treaty, He Asserts
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Neu) York Tribune
Washington Bureau.
i WASHINGTON, June 6. -The resolu?
tion introduced by Senator Borah, oi
Idaho, requesting the American peace
delegation to obtain a hearing before
the peace conference for the Irish dele
I gates was adopted by the Senate to-daj
by a vot of 60 to 1. Senator Johr
Sharp Williams alone voted against it
Although the resolution had beer
radically revised by the Foreign Re?
lations Committee, the Senate adoptee
an amendment by Senator Walsh, oi
Massachusetts, declaring that the Sen
ate "express its sympathy with aspira
tions of the Irish people for govorr.
ment of its own choice."
This was the first move rand* bj
Senator Walsh, who succeeded Genftio!
John W. Weeks.
In the discussion preceding thi
adoption of the resolution Senftto
Lodge, Republican leadar, enpiorert th<
fact that the recce conference shouh
hi-.ve to consider so many extransoa
subjects, but stated that since the con
ference had taken up practically ever;
ether question, it might as well tak
up that of Ireland, too.
Mr. Lodge attacked tn-s action of th
peace conference with regard to th
Monroe Doctrine, declaring the presen
i-tat?* of affairs was worse thin befor
Continued on next page
Why Break the Door Down to Get at the Fire ?
aopvrtght, loin. New York Tribune Inc.)
U. S. Peace Envoys Hunt Treaty 'Leak'
pARIS, June 6 (By The Associated Press).?The members of the
American peace delegation, disturbed by the report that copies of
the German peace terms have reached New York, are undertaking to
check up all the copies issued to ascertain if any are missing.
It is understood here that the Berlin government is sending
photographically reproduced copies of the peace terms to every United
States Senator and Representative.
The British correspondents in Paris have begun an investigation
as to why their first dispatches regarding the discussion of the neces?
sity of peace treaty changes by the council of four were held up for
thirteen hours. The dispatches reached the newspapers too late for
publication in the current issues.
Allies Likely
To Give Foe 4
Days to Sign
"Big Four's" Reply Will Be
Virtually an Ultimatum;
Plea for Fixed Total of
Reparations To Be Denied
PARIS, June 6 (By The Associated
Press).?There are stiil many loose
ends to the determinations which must
be made before the reply of the Allies
to the German counter proposals can
be submitted to Count von Brock(i?rff
Rantzau, head of the German plenipo?
tentiaries, and even the question of
principle regarding changes in the
treaty has not been definitely settled.
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau left
Versailles this evening for Germany.
Positive instructions were issued to?
night by the council of four to all
commissions working on the reply to
the German counter proposals to com?
plete their reports by Monday.
The reply to the counter proposals
will be submitted as an ultimatum with
a short time limit, probably about four
days, in which Germany will have
either to take or leave the conditions
as offered her.
There are many evidences of impa?
tience among the prominent members of
the peace conference. Premier Lloyd
George, because of a division of opinion
and differences among the British ex?
perts working on reparations, is acting
as his own expert and is attending the
meetings of the reparations commission.
The Italians are showing great un?
easiness over the unsettled Adriatic
problem, as Premier Orlando insists that
it must be settled before the Italian
Parliament meets on June 18. The
council of four considered the Adriatic
problem to-day, but no decision was
reached.
In French official circles there is a
growing conviction rhat Germany will
not sign the peace treaty, and this prob?
ably accounts for the haste, as delay, it
is generally conceded, makes Germany's
signing less likely.
The most important modification un- \
der consideration, namely, the ques?
tion of reparations, probably will not
involve any material changes in the
treaty as originally presented. The
concessions will, instead, be presented
in the. form of a supplementary agree?
ment, defining the procedure for the
reparations commission and prescrib?
ing certain instructions for that body
which, according to the original draft
of the treaty, was given a most com?
prehensive power of action, subject
only to the instructions of the powers
represented on the commission.
Will Dodge Fixed Totals
This new solution which is expected
to emerge from the deliberations of
the experts will dodge fixation of a
definite monetary total for reparations,
to which the French object, on the
ground that announcement of any sum
which it is considered possible to exact
in payment would so disappoint the ex?
pectations of the French public as to
produce a political upheaval.
It also will evade the indefinite solu?
tion written into the draft of the treaty
which the Germans declared would
leave them toiling to pay off a debt
the extent of which was unknown, and
with the population in virtual economic
slavery to the reparations commission
for the period of reparations under
that clause of the treaty requiring Ger?
many to "devote her economic re?
sources directly to the physical re?
storation of the invaded areas of the
Allied and associated powers, to the ex?
tent that these powers may determine."
Seems Set In Certain Cases
The instructions to the reparations
commission in the proposed supple?
mentary agreement will enable the Ger?
mans to know at once the amount of
reparations due under certain "cate?
gories" of reparations, such as pen?
sions, separation allowances, main?
tenance of war prisoners and the de?
struction of ships at a fixed figure a
ton.
The only general estimate on which
the French are willing to act would
bring the total to such a high figure,
namely, 260,000,000,000 francs, as the
experts were quite generally agreed
was beyond Germany's power to pay.
It is understood that the question
of the plebiscite in Upped Silesia vir?
tually has been decided affirmatively.
No change with regard to respon
j sibillties, punishment of the former
Emperor or the disposition of the Gor
>f0>& jcolonies is regarded, as probable.
New Army Bill
Cuts Forces to
400,000 Men
House Military Committee
Denies Baker's Request
for 509,000; Saves Over
$300,000,000, Says Kahn
Sew York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, June 6.-Secretary
Baker's request for an American army
of 509,000 men for the next twelve
months has been denied by the House
Military Affairs Committee. Represen?
tative Julius Kahn, ckairman of the
committee, announced tonight that the
military appropriation bill, to be re?
ported to the Houss to-morrow, will
cut the army down to an average of
400,000 men for the coming fiscal year.
The army now numbers well over
1,000,000 men, 773,000 of whom still
are in France. *
m The cuts made by the Military
Affairs Committee are in line with the
new policy of retrenchment and econ?
omy adopted by the Republican steer?
ing committee. Chairmen of the vari?
ous appropriations committees of the
House conferred with trie steering
committee to-day.
It, became known after the confer?
ence that the strength of the navy
will be cut immediately to 200,000 in
the naval appropriation bill and the
marine, corps will be reduced to a
! permanent strength of 17,400, with an
: additional 10,000 in temporary strength.
Saves Over $300,000,000
: "While saving the taxpayers between
; $300,000,000 and $400.000,000. the army !
i appropriation bill as i\ will be re- ?
j ported will not in any way hamper |
j our military forces," Representative i
; Kahn said to-night. "It must be under- ?
\ stood, however, that this bill does not j
i attempt to define a permanent mili- j
I tary policy. The committee will not
j take up the question of a permanent
\ policy for several months."
The army appropriation bill passed
by the House in the closing days of ;
the last session carried $1,117,000,000. |
This bill failed in the Senate. The j
new bill will carry appropriations of :
approximately $750,000,000. Mr. Kahn \
said the bill would be taken up in the j
House next Tuesday, and probably :
would be passed by Thursday night.
The naval appropriation bill soon to :
be reported by the Naval Affairs Com?
mittee will carry approximately $550,
000,000 instead of the $746,440,000 ap?
propriated by the bill that failed in
the Senate last session. Although this
bill provides for 200,000 men, 50,000 of
these will be in the transport service
and will be dropped from the navy
rolls as soon as the transport service
is discontinued.
The inclusion of a provision in the
army appropriation bill ordering the
War Department to bring all men
home by September 1 was considered
by the Military Affairs Committee, but
the proposal was dropped.
No Lump Railroad Sum
In connection with the economy and
retrenchment policy, which is exempli?
fied in the army bill, it was learned to?
day that the $1,200,000,000 requested by
Mr. Hines, Director General of Rail?
roads, probably will not be given in a
lump sum by the Appropriations Com?
mittee.
Only as much of the money as is
needed for meeting deficits that have
developed up till this time wil be
! granted by the Appropriations Commit?
tee, if its present plans are carried out.
Where Secretary Baker asked for
28.000 officers, the army bill will pro?
vide for only 21,000 officers. The larg?
est cut was in the appropriation for
transportation, which was reduced
] from $449,000,000 to $242,000,000. The
; subsistence appropriation was reduced
i from $109,000,000 to $90,000,000, and
the appropriation for regular supplies
: from $120,000,000 to $95,000,000.
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L?nine Tired Fighting
Allies, Letter Shows
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GENEVA. June 6 (By The Associated
Press!. The correspondent has been
shown an authentic autograph letter
from Nikolai L?nine, the Bolshevik
' Premier, to a Russian comrade here,
I in which L?nine says he is growing
tired of the. struggle against the su?
perior forces and organization of the
i Allies. The letter, which is dated Mos
; cow, May 6, complains also of the
i growing weakness of Lenine's party
when it says further strength is re?
quired. L?nine adds that the financial
situation is becoming worse and con
| eludes with the remark that "we are in
[ jBCeat trouble," r fiyfMW??St?
Inquiry in
Terms "Leak'
Also Voted
Hitchcock Resolution
Goes Through Without
Dissent and Hearings
Are to Begin Monday
Lodge Assails
Parley Work
Declares the Monroe Doc?
trine Has iNo Place in
the W o r 1 d League
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New > ork Tribuno
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. June 6.?Investiga?
tion of how "special interests" in New
York obtained copio;- of the full text
of the peace treaty with Germany, de?
nied to the public and to the United
States Senate, will he begun by the
Senate Foreign Relations Committed
on Monday. The investigation was or?
dered by a unanimous vote of the
Senate to-day, following a bitter en?
counter between Senators Lo>i^- a ~.d
Hitchcock, respectively Republican and
Administration leader.;.
The resolution demanding the text
? of the treaty from the State Depart?
ment, introduced by Senator Johnso-,
of California, an;l pending for several
days, was adop;r-, without a roll call
] shortly after this discussion.
Adopted Without Dissent
Senator Hitchcock and othpr Demo?
cratic leader? had left the chamber,
only a few of the new members among
I the Democrats being present. Mr.
j Johnson refused to lay it aside, and no
j one was ready to .".peak, so it was vof?d
on and passed. Vice-President Mar
! shall put the question over ag;?:!i, thu?
affording an opportunity for a .oil call.
but no "nays" wore heard and none of
the Democrats present took advantage
of this opportunity to summon the Ad
ministration leaders.
The text of the Johnson r?solu*ion
follows:
"Whereas, The- peace treaty ha?
been completed and has been deliv?
ered to the representatives of Ger
many; and,
"Whereas. A synopsis only of the
treaty has been given publicity in the
United States, and our people ar?' en?
titled to know its full contents, and
to what, if any. engagements
they may have been committed; and,
"Whereas, It is reported in the pr< 38
that the entire treaty has been '-aided
to the State Department and is now
in the possession of the State De?
partment; now, therefore, be it
"Resolved, That the Secretary of
State be and he is hereby requested,
if not incompatible with the public
interest, forthwith to transmit to the
: Senate the full text of the treaty of
peace completed at the Paris Con
! ference and delivered to the repre
i sentatives of Germany."
Acting Secretary of State Polk said
I later in the day that he would refer
this request to Pans. As a resuit of
? his statement there is keen interest
j among the Republicans to see if Presi?
dent Wilson will continue official to
i hold the treaty from it.
Mr. Polk also admitted that he hau
? so far received no instructions as to
? giving out the text which he has in his
i possession.
A Farce, Says Lodge
While favoring the investigation as
! to the leak of the treaty. Senator Lodge
: made no concealment of his opinion
j that the investigation was to be. a
j farce. He nas already told the Senate
; all he purposes to tell the committee.
It is regarded as certain that Sen
' ator Hitchcock, as ranking minority
! member of the committee, will insist
' on the summoning of ex-Senator Elihu
j Root, while Senator Borah is ex
i tremely anxious to get ex-President
] Taft on the stand, and mildly desirous
?of questioning George W. Wickersham,
j both of whom he believes have copies
| of the treaty, and both of whom are
vigorously opposing Mr. Borah's stand
1 on the league of nations.
As a result of the very general uso
of the words "special interests" and
? "Wall Street" throughout the debate,
I there is strong pressure for the sum
! moning of many of the financial leaders
| of New York City. No one so far set-ma
j to be much opposed to summoning any
! one who may be mentioned, the Repub
i Means mostly taking th? position that
President Wilson's agenta furnished
the copies to those who have them. As
Senator Lodge said :
Hot Debate Results
"It is not a crime to have a copy oi
the treaty."
. The heat in to-day's debate level
I oped as a result of an attack on Mr
! Lodge hy Senator Hitchcock. ? ht
charged thut a new investigatior
j should be made to discover why Mr
Lodge h*d changed his oy,ad pvei